Combined nozzle and sprayer



Patented Apr. Il, |899. G. F. WENTZ. COMBINEDANUZZLE AND .SPRAYER.

(Application med Nov. 4, 1897.) l (No Model.) -2 Sheets-Sheet I.

ylll//l//l No. 623,057. Patented Apr. |899.

G. F. wENTz.

COMBINED NozzLE AND SPRAYEB. (Application led Nov. 4, 1897.)

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GEORGE FRANKLIN VVENTZ, OF COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO.

COMBINED NOZZLE AND SPRAYER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 623,057, dated April 11, 1899-. Application led November 4, 1897. Serial No. 657,414. (No model.)

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Bc it known that I, GEORGE FRANKLIN VENTZ, a citizen of the United States, residing at Colorado Springs, in the county of El Paso and State of Colorado, have invented a new and useful Combined Nozzle and Sprayer, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a device which may be used either as a nozzle for directing a stream of Water or as a sprayer for sprinkling lawns; and the object that I have in view is to provide a simple and cheap construction by which v these devices are combined into a single unitary structure.

A further object of the invention is to provide ya device which may be readily adjusted for service to answer either of the purposes for which it is designed; further, to provide means whereby the fineness of the spray may be regulated and controlled wholly independent of the cut-oiif valve, and, finally, to simplify the construction with a view to rendering the device economical in manufacture.

To the accomplishment of these ends my invention consists in the combination of a nozzle having independent Waterways, one of which is arranged to communicate through a valve with the main water-passage, a tubular sprayer-mouth communicating Vwith the other passage and arranged at one side andA arranged to direct the water either through the main nozzle-passage or through the sprayermouth; and the invention further consists in the novel combination of parts and in the construction and arrangement of elements, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

To enable others skilled in the art to which.

the invention appertains to understand the same, I have illustrated the preferred embodiments of the invention in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this speciication, and in which- Figure l is a perspective View of one embodiment of the combined nozzle and sprayer.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional elevation thereof with the cut-01T valve adjusted to permit the wat-er to passthrough the nozzle; and Fig'. 3 is a similar sectional View, but with the cut-olf valve adjusted to direct the water through the sprayer. perspective view of the cut-off valve used in the construction shown by Figs. l to 3, inclusive. Fig. 5 is a perspective View of another embodiment of the invention in which I have provided a cut-ofi:` valve which is operated independently of any adj ustmentof the sprayer device. Fig. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view with the cut-off Valve adjusted to provide for the passage of water through the nozzle. Fig. '7 is a transverse section with the cut-ohc valve adjusted to direct the water to the sprayer, and -Fig. S is a detail perspective view of the valve-plug shown by Figs. 5, 6, and 7.

Like numerals of reference denote corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawmgs.-

The accompanying drawings illustrate different embodiments of my nozzle, which may be used either for directing a stream of water upon a sidewalk' or for other purposes or as a sprayer for sprinkling a lawn and the like, and in either embodiment of the invention I have so constructed the sprayer that the defiector maybe adjusted to regulate the coarseness or neness of the spray independently of any adjustment of the two-waycutfo valve.

Referring now more particularly to that form of the invention illustrated by Figs. l to 4,inclusive,the numeral l designates the body of the nozzle, which is provided with a threaded attaching-nipple 2 and with a detachable tip In this body l I have provided a transverse seat 4. to accommodate the plug-valve 5, that constitutes the two-waycut-off of the device. The lower side of the round or cylindrical part of the body is closed by an integral flat head 6; but the upper side of the body is open and screw-threaded externally, as at 7, the screw-threaded open end of the body 1 standing at right angles to the threaded attaching-nipple 2. The plu g-valve 5 is preferably of cylindrical form to correspond to the contour and dimensions of the seat 4 in the body or shell l, and at an intermediate point of its length this cylindrical plu g-valve Fig. LL is a detail IOO is formed with an external annular ange or rib 8, against the lowerside of which is fitted a gasket or washer 9b, that is adapted to bear upon the upper edge ot' the threaded ange 7 of the body or shell, thus making a tight joint between flanged plug-valve and the shell or body in which it is seated. This plug-valve is constructed in a peculiar manner to enable -it to be used to direct the watereither through the axial passagel and tip 3 of the nozzle or to the sprayer. The upper part of the plug-valve is hollowed or chambered to form a sprayer-'mouth 9, the edge of which is slightly curved, as at Si, and from the bottom of the chamber extends an irregular passage 10, preferably of curved form, one end of said passage opening through the faceof the plugvalve to form an inlet-port 10. The chambered part ot' the plug-valve is provided with an interior screw-thread 1l at a point intermediate ot` its height, and with the said in-v teriorly-threaded part 1l of vthe chambered plug-valve is adapted to be connected the adjustable tleector, forming a part of the sprayer. This adjustable detlector 12 is of Haring or approximately cone shape, and at its small inner end it has a disk 13 as an in,`

tegral part thereof. 'lhe disk is externally screw-threaded to enable it to be screwed into the threaded part 1l ot' the chambered plug-valve, and this threaded engagement ot' the disk with the plug-valve provides an adjustable connection ot'4 the sprayer-deflector with the plug-valve, whereby the deector may be adjusted with` relation to the sprayer-mouth for the variation of the spray without affecting the position of the plugvalve in the seat within the body or shell 1. The Haring detlector is somewhat largerin diameter than the sprayer-mouth of the chambered plug-valve to enable the detlector to be screwed down within the chambered plugvalve until it rests upon' the edge ot' the sprayer-mouth, thus closing the egress from the chamber or mouth; andthe exposed edge of the deiiectoris milled or serrated, as shown, to enable a secure grip to be obtained on the deiiector for the purpose of couveniently'adjusting the same. The lower part of the plugvalve 5, which normallyT is housed or contained within the body or shell 1, is provided with a transverse waterway 14:, which is formed in the plug on a plane below the channel 10, and which is adapted to aline with the axial passage in the nozzle to provide for the convenient and unobstructed passage of water from the nipple 2 to the nozzle, as will be readily understood. The nipple 2 is quite large in diameter to enablea hose-coupling to be readily attached theretogand the nipple is provided with a transverse bridge 15, which extends across the nipple yat the point where it opens in to the seat 4 in thebodyorshelll, thus providing two ports 1G 17, situated-one above the other. \Vith the upper port or opening 1o' is adapted to aline the port 10a the seat 2O through a single port 21.-

terway 14 extends through the plug-valve in a direction at right angles to the plane of the port 10` to the sprayer-mouth, and thus the port 10 cannot aline with the port lt when the waterway 14=is in alinement with the port 17 to the nipple 2, and vice versa. The exposed part of the plug-valve, which protrudes from the ilange 7 of the body or shell 1, provide-s a convenient means by which the plugvalve may be turned in the seat 4 of the body or shell, and said plug-valve may be adjusted to a position where the port 10 or the waterway 14 are both in alinement with the ports 1G 17, leading to the nipple 2, thus cutting off the passage of water through the nozzle. 1f desired to thro-w a stream from the nozzle, the plug-valve may be adjusted to bring the waterway 14 therein into coincidence with the port .17, as shown by Fig. 2, thus permitting water to pass from the nipple 2 thro ugh the port 17, the waterway 14 i`n the valve, and through the axial passage in the nozzle. Again, the plugvalve may be adjusted by partly rotating the same to throw the waterway 14 out of coincidence with the port- 17 and to bring the 'port 10 into alinement'with the port 16, thus cutting off the passage ot' water through the nozzle and directing it through the port 1G, the

, port 10,the passage 10,and the sprayer-mouth to impinge against the conical detlector, so as to be projected 'in the form of a spray from the nozzle. 'lhevalve is confined within the shellor body by means of a coupling-gland 1S, which may be slipped over the sprayer to bear against the annular flange thereon, and said coupling-gland 18 is internally threaded to enable it to be screwed on. the threaded ilange 7 of the body or shell 1. This gland may be screwed on the shell to draw the plugvalve downward, so as to compress the gasket or washer between the flange on said plug- Avalve and the shell. or body, thus securing a tight joint between the parts; but when it is desiredto adjust the plug-valve in the shell or body it is desirable to loosen the gland to enable the plug-valveV to be conveniently turned.

In the embodiment of the invention repre-` sented by Figs. 5 to 8, inclusive, of the drawings 1 have shown the sprayer arranged en Atapered variety, so that'it may be seated in the shell in a manner to dispense with the gasket or washer. In this form of the invention the body or shell is provided with a taperedvalve-seat 20, and the nipple 2 is joined with the body or shell to communicate with On one ICO IIO

side of the shell or body it is formed with a circular flange or protuberance 22, which is internally threaded at v23, and the chamber or space inclosed by said flange or protuberance communicates with the valve-seat 20 through a single port or opening 24. The plug-valve 5 is of conical for'm to adapt it to iit snugly to the seat 2O in the body, and at one end this plug-valve has asuitable handle 25, while at its other end is a threaded stem 2G, on which is screwed a nut 27, a washer 28 being interposed between the nut and the face of the shell or body l.. This plug-valve is provided with the transverse waterway 28, corresponding to the waterway 4 in the nozzle shown by Figs. l to 4, inclusive, and said plug-valve is also provided with a recess 29 in its outer surface, which recess extends across said face of the valve to enable it to communicate with the ports 2l 24 when the plug-valve is adjusted to 011e position. The threaded iiange or protuberance 22 is formed witha iiat outer edge, which forms a seat for the sprayer-month 9, which in the present construction is made separate from the body and the plug-valve and is adapted to be held in position on its seat by the conical deliector. This conical deliector is similar in construction to the defiector hereinbefore described, and in the present instance the thread ed disk of the deiiector is screwed into the threaded fian ge or protuberance 22 and into the sprayermouth, which is internally threaded for the purpose of receiving the threaded disk or head ofthe deiiector, whereby said delector serves as a means for coupling,1r the sprayer-mouth to the flange 22 of the body. The deflector may be screwed into the flange 22 to bring the outer enlarged end of the deiiector into close rela-- tion to or contact with the edge ot' the sprayermouth, and thus thedeflector is adjustable independently of the adjustment of the twoway valve.

In both forms of my invention hereinbefore described I make the head of the deector with a plurality of transverse openings 31, which constitute the ports for the passage of water from the plug-valve or from the body to the space or chamber within the sprayer-mouth, and as the water passes under pressure into the sprayer-mouth it impinges against the inclined surfaces ot the deiiector, thus breaking up the stream into the form of spray.

Vith the nozzle constructedas just described and as shown by Figs. 5 to 8, inclusive, the plug-valve may be adjusted to bring its ports to a position out of line with the nozzle and the nipple or with the sprayer-mouth, thus cutting ott the passage of water through the nozzle. By partially rotating the plugvalve the waterway therein may be brought into alinement with the port 2l and with the passage through the nozzle; but said plugvalve may also be turned to a position where its transverse recess communicates with the ports 2l 24, thus providing for the passage of water from the nipple 2 through the recess 29 and the port 24 into the sprayer-mouth, from whence the water issues in the form of a spray. J

The nozzle shown by'Figs. 5 to 8, inclusive, embraces the same generic features as the valved nozzle shown by Figs. 1 to 4-that is to say, the nozzle has two waterways. A plugvalve is fitted transversely in said nozzle and provided with two water-passages adapted on axial adjustment ofthe valve to com mn nicate individually with the separate passages in the nozzle, so as to direct the water into either of the nozzle-passages, a tubular sprayer-mouth coupled to the nozzle-body to lie at right angles to the same and adapted to communicate with one water-passage in the body to receive from the passage in the plug-valve on'a certain adjustment of the latter, and a spraydeector having an adjustable connection with the nozzle through the plug and lying within the sprayer-mouth, said deiiector having a perforated head through which the water may flow. It will be understood the sprayer-defiector is the same in construction' whether used in the nozzle shown by Figs. l to 4 or the nozzle shown by Figs. 5 to 8,.and in Fig. 7 this deilector is shown in elevation, while in Figs. 2 and 3 the deector appears in section. The plug-valve, with the passage 28a and the recess 29 in one face, (shown by Fig. 8,) is the equivalent of the plug-valve shown by Figs. 2 and 3, in which two passages are formed directly in the body or plug of the valve itself.

In the practical service of the nozzle as a lawn-sprinkler the device is adapted to rest .on the ground, and when so used the device is liable to tilt or cant over, so that the sprayer would not operate properly to distributethe Water. To overcome this operation,I have devised a base 40, which may be attached to or disconnected from the body or shell of the instrument or which may be allowed to remain attached to theinstrument, as desired. As shown by Fig. 5, the base consists of a bail bent, preferably, from a single length of wire into the elongated form shown substantially by Figs. l and 5 of the drawings, the last-named gure illustrating the base swung up into an inoperative position. The length of this bail greatly exceeds the width of the.

base, and said bail has the angular arms 4l', terminating in the prongs 42. The bail is fitted transversely across the nozzle body or shell to project from opposite sides thereof, Y

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when the nozzle is dragged over the lawn or `ground by pulling on the base the base keeps the nozzle in its proper upright position.

I am aware that slight changes in the form and proportion of parts and in the details of construction may be made Without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the ad.- vantages of the invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of a nozzle having independent waterways one of which is arranged to communicate through a valve with the main water-passage of the nozzle, a tubular sprayer-mouth communicating with the other passage and arranged at one side, and Wholly out of the plane of, the main Waterpassage through the nozzle, a ared deflector arranged to present its continuous ared surface to one face and edge of said tubular mouth, and a two-way valve seated within the nozzle to have either of its passages aline with the passages of the nozzle and arranged to direct the water either through the main nozzle-passage or through the sprayermouth, substantially as described.

2. The combination of a nozzle having a main water-passage and a branch water-passage in a different plane from the main passage, a two-way valve seated in said nozzle, a tubular sprayer-mouth communicating with the branched water-passage, and a deflector provided with a perforated head which is fastened to the nozzle and with a continuously- Iiared surface which lies within the sprayermouth and is opposite to the edge thereof,

said defiector being adjustable with relation to the edge of the sprayer-mouth, substan-v tially as described. 1

3. The combination with a nozzle having independent waterways, and a two-Way valve seated in said nozzle, of a tubular sprayermouth lying at right angles to said nozzle and communicating with one of the waterways therein, .and a defiector having an exteriorlythreaded and interiorly-perforated head adchamber which forms a sprayer-mouth and also provided with independent water-pas-v sages, and a sprayer-detlector mounted in said sprayer-mouth of the chambered valve,

vfor the purposes described, `substantially as set forth.

5. The combination with a nozzle, of a sprayer-mouth, a two-Way valve for directing the water either through the nozzle or the sprayer-mouth, and a conical deflector having a threaded head and the transverse ports, substantially as described.

6. The combination with a nozzle having independent waterways, of a two-way valve seated transversely in the nozzle and provided with an exposed sprayer-mouth which is concentric to the axis of said valve and communicates directly with one water-passage therein, and a flared deflector having its head connected adjustably to the valve and lying within the sprayer-mouth thereof, substantially as described.

7.r The combination of a nozzle provided with sockets or cavities, and an elastic baillilie base sprung into engagement with the cavities or sockets of the nozzle and arranged to extend across the nozzle, substantially as described. A

8. The combination with a nozzle, of a twoway valve seated therein and provided with a cylindrical sprayer-mouth which is concentric with the axis of the valve and is extended beyond the nozzle, a coupling operatively connected with said nozzle and the valve, and a flaring deiiector adj ustably attached to the valve to lie within the sprayer-mouth thereof and presenting its continuous working face to the edge of the sprayer-mouth, substantially as described.

9. The combination with a nozzle, of an axially-turning valve having an axial concentric sprayer-mouth which is exposed beyond the nozzle and also provided with independent waterways, one of which communicates with the sprayer-mouth, and a deiiector adjustably fitted within said sprayer-mouth and having a flaring working face which is.

presented to the face and edge of the sprayermouth, substantially as described.

l0. The combination of a nozzle, a two-way valve fitted therein and provided with an axial extended sprayer-mouth, which is interiorly threaded for a part of its length, and a deflector having'a perforated head screwed into the threaded part of the sprayer-mouth and formed with a flaring surface which is presented to the inner face and edge of the sprayer-mouth, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

' GEORGE FRANKLIN W'ENTZ. Witnesses:

J. F. LILLY, ILE. BAssETT.

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